Improvement in toy roulette



VTo all whom it may concern:

' following, when taken in connection with the head a pointer, a, is arranged, extending out- UNITED STATEsl IMPROVEMENT IN Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

PATENT Enron,

OF'HAMDEN, ,AS-SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TQ JOHNl WIDMAN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TOY ROULETTE.

176,873, dated May 2, 1876 application filed March 16, 1876. v i

Be it known that I, JOHN MAUTTE, of Hamden, in the county of New Haven and State of. Connecticut, have invented a new Toy Roulette; and I do hereby declare the accompanying drawings and the letters of :reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisA specification, and represent a perspective view.

This invention relates to a device for playing games depending upon the indication ot' either ot' various numbers-or characters; and it consists in a stationary disk in a horizontal plane, combined with a revolving head above the said disk, supported upon a spindle, so that its revolution is perfectly free, and a pointer on the said head, which, when the head ceases to revolve, will rest near one of the several characters around thev edge of the disk, and a pull or cord attached to the slid spindle, bythe pulling of which the rotation of the head is produced.

A is a disk, supported in a horizontal plane on a post, B,which rests on a base, C. Around the edge of the disk several numbers or characters are arranged, and through the disk a spindle, l), is vertically arranged, and on the upper end of this spindle a head, E, of less diameter than the disk, but of sufficient weight to attain a considerable degree of momentum from its own revolution, and on this ward tothe figures or characters. 0n the spindle D a cord, F, is made fast and wound,

extending outward through the post, and provided with a suitable knob or knot, G, to serve as a convenient handle by which to pull upon the cord. Pulling upon the cord lwith force will cause the spindle and head to revolve, y

while the cord unwinds therefrom, and this revolution will impart a momentum to the head to continue the revolution after the pulling of the cord has ceased, so that the cord will be rewound upon the spindle again but the position of the stopping of the head will vary to an unlimited extent, and the pointer a indicates the figure, character, or value of lthat stop. The adaptation of this roulette to the playing of various games, where numbers or figures are desirable, will readily suggest itselt' to those familiar with such devices.

I do not wishto be understood as broadly claiming a free revolving pointer, arranged` JOHN MAUTTE. v

Witnesses: Y J. H. SHUMWAY,

CLARA BRoUGrHToN. 

